speaking only Korean while studying Korean (okay actually konglish ahahah) 

something about Nina's vibes is just *chef's kiss*

nina’s korean voice sounds so elegant and smooth. It’s like smearing warm butter on freshly toasted bread. 🍞🧈 i think im simping 😳

*idk if it's just me but korean sounds like a very chill and soft language. i looove hearing it even tho i don't understand a word 😂*

a few smol tips that you might benefit from!! Minor pointers :) Your Korean makes complete sense and is understandable - I'm personally very proud of your progress and perseverance! these are just tweaks to phrases or sentences that caught my attention for the very slight lack of fluency. During your intro portion, you used 한국말 and 영어말. To a native or fluent speaker those phrases, especially 영어말, has potential to sound a bit awkward. Here's why: 말 generally means speech, which is correct in this context. However, 어 is used more frequently for the same context. It means language. So in the phrase 영어말, you use both language and speech since 어 is part of 영어 - English. The point is that the 말 is unnecessary. EX: 영어를 할수 있다, 영어를 주로 쓴다. For 한국말, it's also correct and validly used, but 한국어 is more common to refer to the whole language (oral and written) instead of just the speech. Another phrase in the intro portion that caught my attention was when you were explaining your parents' story. "한국에서 조금 자랐고 나중에 미국으로 이사갔어요." This pointer is a bit more about overall fluidity. The sentence makes total sense and is grammatically correct too. However, it can sound a bit redundant considering the repetition of "랐고" present in the past few sentences. To fix this, you could say "한국에서 조금 자라다가/살다가 나중에 미국으로 이사왔어요." The phrase 자라다가 has more of a sense of continuity and flow in the story of the sentence. Instead of ending the thought as 자랐고, 자라다가 expresses the shifting and transition of them growing up and moving. I also changed the last portion to 이사왔어요 instead of 이사갔어요 because you (and your parents) are situated in America right now, so it would make more sense to say you guys came to America instead of went/go. It's just minor details! "근데 여기서 한국 사람이 한국말 하잖아요" could sound more fluent if phrased like "근데 여기에 한국어를 하는 한국인들이 많잖아요." or "근데 여기있는 한국사 람들은 데부분 한국어를 사용 하잖아요" The first phrase emphasizes the point that there are many Koreans who speak Korean. The latter suggests the commodity of the use of Korean amongst the Korean in America. The next few sentences you said were about how you did not use/speak Korean in the past. To take the sentence "2017년 전에 한국말 아예 안 했어요" as an example, you could make it more formal/complex/fluent by saying "2017년 전에는 한국어를 아예 사용하지 않았어요." the 는 after 전에 is just a slight indicator that grounds the idea of the time period. The first change is 안 한다 --> 하지 않는다. (Both are correct and used in the Korean language). To translate into English, it is a small difference of placement of the articles of speech not do --> does the not. Okay, it doesn't really make sense in English but the negation coming after the verb generally sounds better. And the last change is that I used 한국어 which leads to the use of the verb 사용한다. In Korean you say "use the language" and "do the speech". 언어를 사용하다. 말을 하다. You added a small note of 아쉬움 of only using English, even to respond to your mother's Korean. "제가 계속 영어로 대답했어요." Again, it makes perfect sense and isn't particularly wrong or incorrect. I think it would be more relevant if you said "제가 항상 영어로 대답했어요". So substituting 계속 with 항상. Both 계속 and 항상 mean always, but 계속 has a sense of repetition in the future (moving forward) in it while 항상 is more about consistency in relative to time (both past and future). To give an English translation of this tweak, you 'persistently responded in English', instead of 'continued to respond in English'. I noticed you said 이해 못해요 - speaking of not being able to understand those who don't like water. Although it is grammatically correct, there is another way to say "not understand" "can't understand" which is 이해가 안간다. 이해가지 않다. There is no direct translation to English that would make sense since it literally means the understand is/ is not going. But I observed that this phrase sounds a bit more fluent and native. I think the English translation can help depict and differentiate the meaning a bit further despite not making a whole lot of sense. 이해를 할수 있다- is used as more of a statement form, I am able to DO the understanding. 이해가 간다- is used carrying a sense that the understanding is moved, I can reach and understand ______. This is not to feel like negative criticism! My intentions are purely in hopes that you may think it advantageous to get some feedback :)) You will 항상 have my support!!

nina: i am bad a Korean me: I don’t know how to make a sentences..

didn’t expect you to be this fluent in korean

OMG She’s super cute when speaks Korean. As a Korean her pronunciation and the way she talks is like Korean! She didn’t even make any vocab or grammar mistake so It was hard for me to believe that she couldn’t speak before 2017...!!! I kinda got study passion from watching this video. I should study and learn more English even if i think i know well. Thank you Nina❤️

it really sucks that I HATE studying Korean but I reallllllyyyy wanna speak Korean 😂

I laughed so hard when she acted like she was in a kdrama 😂😂😂 the ads 😂

She’s so cute omg. Korean speaking Nina is the softest

me: came to Nina's channel to learn English better Nina: *speaking only korean while studying korean* me: ok let's learn korean too

it's so fascinating how nina's voice tone changes when she's talking in english or in korean!!! it left me wondering if mine's also different went i talk in english and i never realized it????

As a person learning korean i can definitely relate to “saying something that make sense in my brain but doesnt make sense to koreans at all” lmao

Nina speaking Korean is like me trying to speak English, but better ofc

I'm half Korean half Mexican. Instead of learning Korean I learned Spanish because here in the US you'll definitely need Spanish more, but ever since I started getting into kdrama and kpop I've been trying to learn Korean with my dad😂 it's so hard though

Your Korean is so cute. My children immigrated here when they were very young, so they speak English almost everyday. Like your mom,I speak Korean to them and they answer in English. So funny and sad as well. It's really nice for you to try hard to learn Korean. You can be proud of yourself. I wish my children are going to learn Korean one day.

when nina starting speaking in korean my heart fell out of my ass

2 am: *me preparing to sleep* **nina uploads a new video** me: *sleep can wait*

"I didn't even 시작해" had me wheezing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I just have to say that this is my favorite video because you are so cuuuuuuuuuute

Nina is the child my parents always wanted

My boyfriend's Korean and I've been trying to learn it in secret to surprise him and his parents when we meet them. This helped loads, Thanks Nina💕💕

오! 한국말 되게 잘하시는데요! 외국분이 이만큼 자연스럽게 한국말하기 쉽지 않은데 :) 표현이나 억양에서 어색한 부분이 있지만, 다 떠나서 한국에서의 의사소통에 전혀 문제 없으실 것 같아요♡

I'm Polish, my dad was Polish, my mom is Polish the whole family is Polish all my friends speak only Polish... that's why I'm studying Korean 2XD

Love the fact that when she open lemona she didn't open it in the other side where jimin's face was placed

after a while i got so used to hearing her speaking korean that once she said something in english i got taken aback by the voice change

I'm atually learning Korean rn, I'm from South Africa and recently got into kdrama's and kpop (bts) and so I decide to learn Korean. Bts has help me through alot and honestly jst learning Korean makes me really happy.. 😂 lol -Im more dedicated to learning Korean than doing my online school work (I do a lesson a week bc I want to go on my own pace and not rush things. cause I know this isn't going to happen over night) hopefully one day I get to visit Korea.

THE WAY HER VOICE GOT SLIGJTLY DEEPER WHEN SHE TALKS IN KOREAN SKSKJDHS ILY NINA

Cuz you are my girl you are the one that I envision in my dreams ✨ 소미언냐 한국어 너무 잘하고 목소리 너무 좋아 화이팅 사랑해 🥰

OH MY GOSH I WAS WAITING FOR THIS the way u speak korean is so pretty and this also helps as a korean learner and i could understand some of it - ur korean is like so pretty idk how to explain it sounds so nice lol

This is just me lmao. Konglish everyday like I have been learning Korean for 2 years now but still speak in Konglish because I just study alone no one to pactice with... all I do are talking to myself and watching kpop videos to improve my listening and pronunciation skills so I do feel weird(and like awkward lol) when I suddenly speak all Korean alone so I just speak both Korean and English because I'm more comfortable and confident in English than my random Korean lol

hearing you gain confidence in your korean and want to speak it is so nice to see!! i’d love to see more videos where you speak korean :’)

Anyone else actually tells nina how you’ve been when she asks because you generally feel like she cares 🥺

on a real note though, it's really crazy to see how much you've grown since first starting to properly learn korean

this was so useful for me as someone who's learning korean as well, though im not really "studying" anything and just going off by what i've learnt for the past few years. thank you !

미쳤다ㅠㅠㅠ언니 저 한국인 구독자인데 앞으로 이런 영상 많이 보여주세요 너무 좋아요!!! Unnieeeee lots and lots of love from Korea! Cant believe its been only, only 3 yrs since you started studying Korean! Looking forward to seeing you speaking Korean more frequently! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

WHO ELSE THINKS NINA IS GORGEOUS??🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ small youtuber here

11:55 ' cause you are my girl ' That sent me into ORBIT (I'm sorry but stan loona) especially with the 'water, it keeps you alive' and 'dust'. Thank you Nina i love you, your humor, and your videos.

this just inspires me to actually get up and continue studying.. your korean is so nice... i love it.

omg nina i love this so much, i would appreciate it so much if you can do more videos like this, your voice in korean sounds so smooth and nice, and since i am trying to learn korean myself, listening to you while reading the subs is so helpful, love you!!

water is the superior beverage !!! also perhaps this video has inspired me to practice my mandarin :0 gotta do it for my ancestors

i'm trying to learn korean too and idk girl this sounds really fluent to me and this is giving me motivation to keep going at it!! love u nina

you did so well🥺 i’ve been studying korean for over a year and you give me a lot of motivation to continue 🥺💞💞

ok, I need more of this content cause it really makes me motivated to study Korean! Nina speaking korean made me love her even more!!!!!

this has given me inspiration to start back up on learning Korean!

I thought this was clickbait but man you be turning heads from across the world Amazing

Hey nina .. do you use external microphone for recording or is it internal microphone in camera?

This gives me so much motivation to study hard and get better at my Korean! I hope you do another video like this again! 💛💛

I know you've mentioned you took Spanish classes in college. It would be interesting to see you do a video of you only speaking Spanish :)

오 솔직히 제가 생각한거보다 니나씨 한국말 훨씬 잘하는데요? 공부 열심히 하셨겠네요 훌륭해요♡♡♡♡

i love watching your videos of studying korean before i study myself, it's just so motivating to see you be so chill and productive! i've started learning korean also in like 2017 and i'm v proud that i understood almost everything you said so ayyy more motivation lmao, also thanks for always giving such great study tips! ♥

Nina please continue to make these types of videos, as someone who's trying to learn Korean this is definitely very motivating and it's nice to hear someone speak meanwhile I look at the captions. You are awesome and I love you

Nina!! Your Korean has gotten so good, all of that studying is really paying off ;;

Hey Nina, I just wanted to say that I’m really proud of you for making this video. It takes a lot of strength to speak in a different language your not 100% comfortable with. I have a very similar story of not picking up Spanish growing up. It’s something that I was insecure about, but watch your videos about learning Korean has really encouraged me take that step to learn Spanish so I can speak with my parents better and enjoy my culture to the fullest. Thank you for giving me courage. ☺️ (Sorry for the long and kinda sappy comment. I just wanted to say I appreciate you💜😖)

I’m so happy for youuu!!! I love that now you’re comfortable and happy speaking your mother tongue!! I love you and I’m so happy for you💜💜

I was really committed to learning Korean back in spring but then I started slacking... thanks for giving me motivation and keep up the amazing work ❤️❤️❤️

when an ambulance truck (i guess?) was passing by then nina said “안녕하세요” HAHAHAHAHAHAHA cutie

This is very useful, you sound perfectly fluent to me and this actually inspires me to improve my korean vocabulary

I'm also learning Korean, so your videos are a huge motivation, Nina! Would love to see more of you speaking Korean.

Been watching you for so long and I love seeing the growth in your korean🥺

5:28 장 보러 가다 is more frequently used for "grocery shopping" 🙋‍♀️ and your Korean is great Nina 💛💛 1000000 times better than me speaking English lol

doctor: “you have 12 minutes and 26 seconds left to live” me:

I enjoyed this so much! I hope you continue to do this concept in the future ☺️

me: having a rather shitty day nina, with a new video: got u fam 😔✊

니나 아니... 소미씨! 한국어 너무 완전 정말 진짜 대박 잘하는데요????!!!! 앞으로도 카메라 앞에서도 한국어 자주 써주세요😍

You are so good Nina and i’m so proud of you for doing this 💗💗💗 you are the best and i wish i could speak korean like this one day

omg this video made me realize that my korean is really improving i kinda understood most of it so im happy !! thank u for this nina ily

actually i didn't like to study too much these days even when i have homeworks to do, but after watching nina learn korean makes me feel like wanna study more. thx nina you've motivated me🙆

I STAYED UP TILL 3AM JUST TO WATCH THIS i love u

learning korean rn so this is so motivating (and it tested out my listening skills hdhdh)!! ily u are an actual angel

I get so excited when Nina uploads REALLY

I should really do this with French cause i have a French exam coming up

I’m actually really curious to watch a cooking video in korean from you! So, if you feel comfortable at some point w cooking vocab please consider making one! Anyways, this video was really really fun to watch and also educational so thank you for putting this content out there! You’re one of my fav language learning RU-vid channels. Even if I’m not currently studying Korean (I want to, in the future, but right now I’m trying to focus on only learning one language at a time) seeing your videos makes me more motivated to keep studying Mandarin so one day I can be at your level of fluency!

aaaaah this is my favorite video of yours so far Nina! good luck with your studies. please share more korean speaking occasions :) studying, cooking,...

언니 진짜 표현들 진짜 너무 자연스럽고 한국어 생각하시는 것보다 훨씬 잘하세요! 화이팅 영상 너무 잘 보고 있어요!!

WOW You’ve improved so much since 2018 You almost had me shook!

I REALLY like how she was like “listen to K-pop” “watch k-drama” and not being like the ppl keep saying “korea boo” thank u Nina

please do more videos like this!! they’re super helpful 😌😌

you work so hard!!!! the results are showing for sure

I clicked so fast I missed you!!! hope you’re well!!

3:26 nina doing her signature "how have you been?" in korean makes me laugh lmao

Thank you for making this video! I'm learning korean too and it's very nice to practice listening with videos of someone I actually like. I'd love it if you made more of these in the future! 🌹❤

nina you are so cuteeee. you have inspired me to start learning korean

Omg so goooood!!! 🖤🖤

I've been studying Korean for 2 months now and I get like 90% of what you are saying (don't know many words myself), if I am reading the hangul. Your pronunciation is so clean! Like omg, love it. So easy to understand :) Good luck with your studies!

hi nina!! this kind of video really helps a lot for those who are also learning korean. i understood almost everything you were saying even w/o reading the eng subs! hope you upload more vids like this! 고마워요 니나 언니 ♥

your korean is so good now😭😭 you’re an inspiration for me to get to your level of speaking proficiency

aw, yes !! we love a bilingual queen 🥺✨ (also, hello to all my fellow viewers here, hope you’re all doing well 👉👈)

6:30 *cat starts meowing* Nina: Hello? thats so cuteeee

Im so glad I found your channel! Ive been slacking for weeks (studying Korean and French for the past 8 months) but your videos have gotten me back in a groove~ (especially your study tips/sites ty ty ty

actually this video helped me a lot with korean. Nina, you have power :3

this is giving me motivation to get back into studying korean this summer esp since my trip got canceled ahaha😔 i should have been leaving next week🥺

This- actually makes me more motivated to learn Korean cuz I wanna speak another language fluently And idk why but it kinda makes me feel smart lol i dont get the feeling very often

ah it’s so nice to understand this without looking at subtitles. sometimes i forget how far i’ve come in studying but watching videos like this is such a nice reminder

I´ve been studying Korean for the past year and I understood almost 90% of this video, thats progress right theree thank you for doing this, you're great at speaking korean!!

11:58 I CANT LMAOO

I'm studying other languages too, I have experience to teach the students like you. He was also very passionate to learn Korean. So I've also taught him with great eagerness (Is it right? ^^;) -(으)ㄹ '텐데' is one of the difficulties that many student feel when they study Korean. "-(으)ㄹ 텐데" is used to attach to a verb and speak based on the speaker's guess and after which there are mainly expressions of suggestions, orders, etc. 예) 오후에 비가 올 텐데 우산 가지고 가세요. 바쁘실 텐데 이렇게 와 주셔서 정말 감사합니다.

you speaking really well, that's so incredible. great job nenn💜💜💜💜💜

i always come back to this video your voice brings me so much peace

3:20 HAHAHAHAHA ME WHEN I FORGET TO SAY THE YO :'>